'Heavy Workload, Depleting Strength Of Judges': Advocates' Association Bengaluru Requests CJI To Fill Vacancies In Karnataka High Court

The Advocates' Association Bengaluru has written to the Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, requesting the Supreme Court collegium to take up appointments of judges for Karnataka High Court.

The letter states that due to years of virtual stagnation in appointments there is no addition to the depleting strength of judges in Karnataka High Court, a cause for huge pendency of cases and heavy workload.

It states that present sitting judges of the High Court in all 3 benches are working overtime due to erosion of strength and piling up of cases.

"There are virtually thousands of old civil matters which are pending for years. Also due to heavy workload and even though judges are working overtime even B group matters on the Writ side are not reaching the board as litigants wait endlessly," the letter adds.

Thus it has been urged that that the pending appointments of Karnataka before the Collegium be taken up for clearance.

The Association has also requested the CJI to issue directions to the Karnataka High Court CJ and the Colleglum judges of Karnataka to immediately fill up vacancies which have arisen till now and to propose the names of judges "with broad social representation for all sections of communities and to take up such appointments as swiftly as possible.”

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